The Blossom, or rather the 3.5 storey, 7,xxx sq. ft. bungalow with a lift, show house will be ready by November 2010. It is still currently being sold at RM3.1 million. There are limited units available and as at the end of October, they have already sold around 5 units prior to the show house being ready.
It seems that the show house has already been sold and this unit will be the only one that is in Precinct 3. Precinct 4, named Blossom will be exclusively for this bungalow type.
In the past month, both Precinct 1 and Precinct 2’s progress seem to be moving fast, considering that it has been raining very regularly. Precinct 1 Semi-Detach seems to be progressing the fastest with almost 2 rows of houses have their brick walls completed. Precinct 3’s fastest development is the Blossom bungalow show house that is being built and also piling works.
New progress on the infrastructure consist of the extension of the road towards their commercial development, Garden Plaza, and the Cyberjaya entrance to Garden Residence. The right of the picture is the main Garden Residence Superlinks. This is from the bridge across LimKokWing University.
As compared to last month’s progress, the row of 2 Storey Superlink with it’s back to the 3 Storey Superlink is having it’s structure built up. Whilst the roof of the next row of 2 Storey Superlink seems to be progress, albeit a little slow.
As can be seen in the background, the Precinct 1 Semi-Detach is rapidly filling up the empty space.
As the houses at Garden Residence are built in terrace like environment, there is a height difference between some of them. From the plan, most of the purchasers are not aware of the height difference. The difference can be seen from the picture below. The rear of the higher house has very limited space whilst the lower units seem to be larger, which may be because of the regulatory need for a common backlane in terrace houses.
The height is about 5 feet. The picture above is probably the rear of the first row of 3SSL and 2SSL in Precinct 1.
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The last phase of Garden Residence was launched this weekend, this is earmarked as Precinct 4 and is located at the north most area, next to Putrajaya Precinct 11. These bungalows will have a standard land size of 60’ by 90’ but is being launched from 3.2 million onwards! Why is it so much more expensive that the other bungalows in Garden Residence? It will have a build up area of more than 7,700 sq ft and with an internal lift servicing the 4 floors.
The overall layout is quite standard for the ground floor, with 1 guest room and 1 utility/maid’s room. The 1st and 2nd floors are very much the same layout, each with a master bedroom and 2 smaller rooms at the rear (with en-suite individual bathrooms) and the 3rd floor (roof) will have a “party” area with a large open air Jacuzzi.
As can be seen from the pictures, the show unit is being built currently. It looks very large as compared to the other smaller bungalows. We can’t wait for have a look at it when it is ready.
On the sales update, there are approximately 6 unit of 2 storey superlink, 3 units of 3 storey superlink, 5 units of semi-d (both types) and a whole lot more bungalows for sale.
There aren’t much visible progress on site other than 3 major items.
Progress can be seen on Precinct 2 houses, where more Semi-Detached units are having their walls bricked. Work on the 3 Storey Superlink is also progressing quickly now.
The 2 Storey Superlink unit where work first started has had it’s roof structure completed and bricks being brought in to start on the walls.
Other news around Cyberjaya, AMD has taken one building at SME Technopreneur Park III and the road leading towards the south of Cyberjaya is near completion. Expect the road to link to the south interchange that leads towards Pullman Putrajaya to be completed soon.
Note that the road next to DELL is rather busy now with vehicles using that connection to get to AMD, KRU Studios and many of them towards HP. HP staff have started to move in although officially, it will be after the Eid.
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Surprisingly (or maybe not), Precinct 2 houses are progressing quite fast. In fact, in terms of progress, a pair of semi-detach houses in Precinct 2 is having it’s brick walls done as of this weekend. From observation (unconfirmed), it looks like they are the 2 storey semi-detach that is at the rear of the Precinct 2 development. See the starting point of Precinct 2 development in our earlier posting (link).
A wider picture to give an idea of the development of P2 overall.
Other news, ELC Education (www.elc.edu.my) is planning to start operations next month, yes … September 2010 and their building next to the abandoned D’Cassia Apartments and near Multimedia University seems to be ready soon. In fact, even the plot of land opposite it is being done up (probably by Setia Haruman or themselves) to make it look more decent.
The school banner indicating start of operations in September and the main building at the rear of the picture.
So, for those who are planning to move into Garden Residence, this is (we think) a cheaper alternative to Nexus or Alice Smith and also nearer.
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This is basically the same as the 2 storey superlink but with an extra floor above it. The ground and the first floor are almost identical. From the opinions of fellow visitors to the show units, almost everyone agree that the 3 storey superlink seem to have the best show unit furnishing. Some comments on this was because the 3 storey superlink was the slowest selling house type at Garden Residence prior to the show unit launching and hence the developer put in more effort to make the 3 storey superlink better. This may have worked because I have been informed that as of 20th August 2010, it seems that there are around only 5 units left unsold (I cannot verify this as it was verbal).
This is a picture of the open space on the 2nd floor (top floor) of the show unit. In the furnished unit, they didn’t have a wall for the extra living room (as described in the brochure) for the top floor and hence it gave a very spacious feel to it.
Without the wall, the place is not only spacious but more natural light is available. The picture below gives an idea about the slight lack of light available for the smaller rear rooms on the 1st floor (same for both 2 storey superlink and 3 storey superlink).
As mentioned in the earlier posting, the project development starts from Precinct 1. The first units being built are the 2 storey superlink that are located on the west most area of the project. As of 19th August 2010, they are working on the roof structure of the first units as shown in the picture below.
It can also be seen that there is an elevation from the front (facing Putrajaya) to the rear and each elevation is at the back of South facing units whilst the North facing units will be on higher ground. The height from the pictures seem to indicate that it will be around 5 feet.
Pictures were taken from the bridge linking Cyberjaya to Garden Residence, in front of Lim Kok Wing University. On a side note, the two major banks in Cyberjaya will (or have already) be moving to their own buildings, opposite the old Satyam building (which has been taken over by MiGHT).
The development of the whole project seems to start from P1 and moving towards P4 and most of the foundation work for P1 and P2 seem to have been completed. The frame of the houses are also well under way, with a block of superlink homes having their structure on the 1st floor. These we believe is the 2 storey superlink as depicted in the site map below.
For Precinct 2, the development seem to start from the rear of the project (I may be wrong and will correct this later if it is otherwise).
More Cyberjaya progress coming up soon …
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The prices of the various units were all increased with the launch of the show village at Garden Residence. The smallest increase was the 2 storey superlink units, that saw an increase of RM50,000.00, from RM768,000 to RM818,000. If you book this week, they still have a rebate of RM15,000 and I believe it still comes with free legal fees on the SPA.
The 2 storey superlink is very much a standard link house albeit slight larger than the normal terraces. The use of glass is in abundance but it does not have a 3 pane sliding door in front. There is an open air shower for the master bedroom.
Unlike the stairs for the semi-detached units, they are more traditional and are “stuck” to the side of the walls.
The kitchen is separated into 2 areas, the wet kitchen and the dry kitchen area. The ID’ed show units had a glass partition but it is obvious that the wet area is too narrow.
The closed door in the picture leads to the rear of the house, the door next to it is the small utility/maid’s room that can fit exactly a 6” mattress across. To get the best idea on how to make it look liveable, visit the 3SSL furnished unit. The door after that leads to the guest room.
One other situation that may need some attention are the two rear rooms on the 1st floor. The windows are small as most the rear were taken up by the bathrooms. You will need to be a little creative to ensure that maximum light comes through. Note that these pictures were taken around noon, so it should have the most light considering that all units are north-south facing.
Do visit the show village to get an idea of it and hence you can start to plan for your own decoration. Maybe we can all gather together and bargain for a good bulk discount for common things we want to do, e.g. roller blinds, curtains, etc.
Will have some of the 3SSL, Bungalow and Semi-D’s later.
Ok, this posting is kinda late as I have been very busy lately and didn’t have the time to update those of you who are interested to know on the progress. About a week or two ago, purchasers of Garden Residence units would have received an invitation to the launching of their show units.
In the invitation, you would also receive a small voucher.
So, for those of you who can’t make it … you didn’t miss much. It was a measy umbrella. I was expecting that at least they will give out a semi-expensive cutlery set or something. More on the show units in the next post.
As we approach the month end, the progress of the show units seem to be of great interest. Funnily, the interest seem to be coming from those who have already purchased a unit and are keen to get an idea of what they should be expecting. Well, for those who do not have the luxury of passing by the housing development, I hope that this gives you an idea.
The show units are located at Precint 3 of Garden Residence and this area is going to be called Jacaranda.
The unit with the least interest would probably be the guard house :-) It is looking good with a design that is inline with the whole design concept of the houses. It has also been carefully designed with 2 car park for visitors to park their cars whilst registering and hence not block the way.
As you pass the guard house, you will get the rear view of the club house and part of the “water feature” that the developers were heavily promoting.
A picture taken from the further end of the road of the show units (without the 3 storey superlink).
I couldn’t fit the 3 storey superlink into the earlier picture, so here it is … note that the balcony of the 3 storey link is as the brochure, with the glass barrier, as oppose to the vertical metal grill of the 2 storey superlink.
I managed to sneak into the furnished 2 storey semi-detached and was kinda awed by the staircase actually. Well, I am sure we will all look forward to viewing the units … probably next weekend!
In just 2 weeks, all the units have had their external walls painted. The 2 storey semi detached even has the interior decoration completed (and it was locked). Anyhow, the next unit that is being decorated is the 3 storey superlink unit and here are some pictures of the progress.
Unfortunately, the place was quite messy and lots of workmen around. So, I didn’t manage to walk about for long as the smell of the paint and glue is overwhelming. Here are some pictures of the exterior as of mid July.
The 2 storey superlink with the 3 storey superlink further back.
3 storey superlink from the front.
The semi-detach in the background with the little garden in front.
That’s all … looks promising that it will be completed by this month end. Oh, the road leading to the show units are being re-surfaced.
Some of you maybe interested in the progress of the show units and as of the end of June 2010, most of the building walls have been completed. The windows are being installed on most of the units as per the photos below.
The windows for the 3-storey semi-d show units is being installed. It looks like it is not a single large glass pane but smaller (and cheaper) pieces put together. However, it is still reasonably large pieces of glass and should allow enough light in.
On the other side, where they are building the show units for the superlinks and the bungalows, the status is about the same. Except that the 2-storey superlink seem to have all its windows installed and some parts of the show unit painted.
The first of the frame of the double storey link furthermost block can be seen as of this week (28th June 2010). From the picture below, you can see the concrete frame behind the piling poles.
Maybe a little hard to see it as the piling poles are in the way. Other news, the piling of Precinct 2 (mainly double storey semi-detach) seems to be completed as new piling poles are appearing at Precinct 3.
On the show unit progress, nearly all units have their walls plastered (cemented) and window/glass frames are being installed on at least 2 of the unit types (I believe it’s the double storey link and the two and a half storey semi-detach).
They have planted tall trees around the ingress from the putrajaya link and (not shown above) they are continuing to plant grass along the wall that will face putrajaya.
That’s all for now, I still haven’t taken time to go nearer to get clearer pictures yet.
The sales office have recently moved to the site, housed in the reception of the future club house. The show units are still being built but they have completed the road that leads to the sales office and also the show unit. The street lights have also been installed for that short stretch.
The picture was taken around 7:30 pm.
At the time of this posting, the walls of the show units have been plastered with the exception of the 3-storey superlink show units.
